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disaster recovery, sociology of disaster, early warning, disaster prevention, disaster risk education

Biography

Over the past 15 years I have studied the sociology of disasters in South America and recently co-edited a free e-book entitled Reduction of Vulnerability to Disasters: From Knowledge to Action (https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/56269). Currently, I am researcher at Cemaden (Brazilian Early Warning Center) and Professor at the Doctorate Program on Earth System Science at the National Institute for Space Research (CCST/INPE). Since 2018, I am member of the executive board of RC 39 at the International Sociological Association (ISA) and member of the Editorial Boards of the journals Disaster Prevention and Management and Environmental Hazards. Twitter account: @VMarchezini. Website: https://victormarchezini.weebly.com/

Activities

Employment (4)

National Institute for Space Research: São José dos Campos, BR

2018-10-01 to present | Professor (Doctorate Program on Earth System Science)
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CEMADEN - National Early Warning and Monitoring Center for Natural Disasters: São José dos Campos, SP, BR

2014-10-10 to present | Researcher
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University of Colorado Boulder Natural Hazards Center: Boulder, CO, US

2022-06-27 to 2023-06-26 | Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher (Institute of Behavioral Science)
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CEMADEN - National Early Warning and Monitoring Center for Natural Disasters: Cachoeira Paulista, SP, BR

2012-01-05 to 2014-09-29 | Operational Analyst
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Education and qualifications (1)

Universidade Federal de São Carlos: São Carlos, SP, BR

2010-03-01 to 2013-12-05 | Doutorado (Sociologia)
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Implementation challenges of disaster risk management policies: The organizational capacities of municipal civil defense units

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2025-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Marchezini; Silvia Midori Saito; Luciana R. Londe; Fernanda Dalla Libera Damacena
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Integrating Sustainable Development Goals into the nexus approach

Journal of Water and Climate Change
2025-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Erica Acioli Canamary; Ana Carolina de Encarnação Paiva; Minella Alves Martins; Diovana de Moura Silva; Victor Marchezini; Javier Tomasella
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Why are you in disaster studies? Liberating future scholars from oppressive disaster science

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
2024-05-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Marchezini
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El Niño Ready Nations and Disaster Risk Reduction: 19 Countries in PerspectiveEl Niño Ready Nations and Disaster Risk Reduction: 19 Countries in PerspectiveMichael H.Glantz, ed. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2022. xxii and 388 pp., maps, diagrams, illustrations, notes, bibliography. $119.99 paper (ISBN 978-3-030-86505-4), $89.00 electronic (ISBN 978-3-030-86503-0).

The AAG Review of Books
2024-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Marchezini
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A Systematic Review of Forensic Approaches to Disasters: Gaps and Challenges

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Ferreira, Adriano Mota; Marchezini, Victor; Mendes, Tatiana Sussel Goncalves; Trejo-Rangel, Miguel Angel; Iwama, Allan Yu
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Dialogic data innovations for sustainability transformations and flood resilience: The case for waterproofing data

Global Environmental Change
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: de Albuquerque, Joao Porto; Anderson, Liana; Calvillo, Nerea; Cattino, Massimo; Clarke, Andrew; Cunha, Maria Alexandra; Degrossi, Livia Castro; Garde-Hansen, Joanne; Klonner, Carolin; Lima-Silva, Fernanda et al.
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Disasters in municipalities with built heritage properties and their exposure to floods and landslides

Patrimonio E Memoria
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Marchezini, Victor; Campos, Luana Cristina da Silva; Goncalves, Demerval Aparecido; da Conceicao, Rodrigo Silva; Carvalho, Aline
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THEY ONLY THINK OF CIVIL DEFENSE WHEN A DISASTER HAPPENS”: NOTES ABOUT INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION

Razón Y Palabra
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Luciana Resende Londe; Eloisa B. Loose; Victor Marchezini
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Transnational Dialogues on Interdisciplinary Approaches for Advancing People-Centered Warning Systems

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Marchezini, Victor
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Evolution of the institutional capacity of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region in relation to climate change

Cadernos Metrópole
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Leonardo Rossatto Queiroz; Victor Marchezini; Daniel Andres Rodriguez
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Evolução da capacidade institucional da RMSP em relação às mudanças climáticas

Cadernos Metrópole
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Leonardo Rossatto Queiroz; Victor Marchezini; Daniel Andres Rodriguez
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Assessing equity in disaster risk governance in Brazil and Colombia

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
2023-12-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Philipp Ulbrich; André Vinicius Leal Sobral; Luis Alejandro Rivera-Flórez; Edna Margarita Rodríguez-Gaviria; Jon Coaffee; Victor Marchezini; João Porto de Albuquerque
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Disaster capitalism in times of COVID-19 conversation on disasters: deconstructed on September 15, 2020

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
2023-10-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Wesley Cheek; Claudia Gonzalez-Muzzio; Victor Marchezini; Holmes Páez; Mittul Vahanvati; Dewald van Niekerk
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Communication in the Brazilian civil defense system

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Luciana R. Londe; Eloisa Beling Loose; Victor Marchezini; Silvia Midori Saito
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Official and unofficial data supporting disaster risk management in medium-sized cities

Natural Hazards Research
2023-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Gabriel Corrêa Amaral; Adriano Mota Ferreira; Diego de Souza Sardinha; Paulo Henrique Bretanha Junker Menezes; Victor Marchezini; Rafael de Oliveira Tiezzi
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Wildfire governance in a tri-national frontier of southwestern Amazonia: Capacities and vulnerabilities

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Gleiciane O. Pismel; Victor Marchezini; Galia Selaya; Yara A.P. de Paula; Eddy Mendoza; Liana O. Anderson
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Incorporating social innovations in the elaboration of disaster risk mitigation policies

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Miguel Angel Trejo-Rangel; Victor Marchezini; Daniel Andres Rodriguez; Daniel Messias dos Santos; Marina Gabos; Aloísio Lélis de Paula; Eduardo Santos; Fernando Sampaio do Amaral
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(In)visibilities About the Vulnerabilities of People with Visual Impairments to Disasters and Climate Change: A Case Study in Cuiaba, Brazil

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Gomes, Giselly; Marchezini, Victor; Sato, Michele
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Guest editorial: Introduction to calling for change in disaster studies - rethinking disaster studies

Disaster Prevention and Management
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Yadav, Punam; Lassa, Jonatan; Marchezini, Victor; van Niekerk, Dewald
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Perceptions About Climate Change in the Brazilian Civil Defense Sector

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Marchezini, Victor; Londe, Luciana de Resende; Loose, Eloisa Beling; Saito, Silvia Midori; Marengo, Jose A.
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Perceptions About Climate Change in the Brazilian Civil Defense Sector (Sept, 10.1007/s13753-022-00444-z, 2022)

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Marchezini, Victor; Londe, Luciana Resende; Loose, Eloisa Beling; Saito, Silvia Midori; Marengo, Jose A.
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Clima, desastres e a ciência cidadã na convivência entre o ver e o não ver

Ambiente & Educação
2022-12-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Giselly Rodrigues das Neves Silva Gomes; Rachel Trajber; Victor Marchezini
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Flood risk governance in Brazil and the UK: facilitating knowledge exchange through research gaps and the potential of citizen-generated data

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
2022-12-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Marchezini; Joao Porto de Albuquerque; Vangelis Pitidis; Conrado de Moraes Rudorff; Fernanda Lima-Silva; Carolin Klonner; Mário Henrique da Mata Martins
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Challenges for professionalism in civil defense and protection

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
2022-11-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Maria da Glória Bonelli; Fernanda Damacena; Aline Silveira Viana; Alice Dianezi Gambardella; Victor Marchezini
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Giving voice to the voiceless: connecting graduate students with high school students by incubating DRR plans through participatory mapping

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
2022-05-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Miguel Angel Trejo-Rangel; Adriano Mota Ferreira; Victor Marchezini; Daniel Andres Rodriguez; Melissa da Silva Oliveira; Daniel Messias dos Santos
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"STARTING A HARE RUNNING" ABOUT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION: LEARNING FROM THE #APRENDERPARAPREVENIR CAMPAIGN

Humanidades & Inovacao
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Matsuo, Patricia Mie; Panzeri, Carla Gracioto; Trajber, Rachel; Olivato, Debora; Azeredo Velloso, Maria Francisca; Marchezini, Victor
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Fortalecendo laços: cooperação intermunicipal para redução de risco de desastres

urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Silvia Midori Saito; Fernando Rocha Nogueira; Luciana de Resende Londe; Victor Marchezini; Kátia Canil; Fabiana de Carvalho Rosa
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The role of data in transformations to sustainability: a critical research agenda

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: de Albuquerque, Joao Porto; Anderson, Liana; Calvillo, Nerea; Coaffee, Jon; Cunha, Maria Alexandra; Degrossi, Livia Castro; Dolif, Giovanni; Horita, Flavio; Klonner, Carolin; Lima-Silva, Fernanda et al.
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What We Measure Matters: The Case of the Missing Development Data in Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Monitoring

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Chmutina, Ksenia; von Meding, Jason; Sandoval, Vicente; Boyland, Michael; Forino, Giuseppe; Cheek, Wesley; Williams, Darien Alexander; Gonzalez-Muzzio, Claudia; Tomassi, Isabella; Paez, Holmes et al.
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Participatory 3D model to promote intergenerational engagement for disaster risk reduction in São Luiz do Paraitinga, Brazil

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
2021-07-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Miguel Angel Trejo-Rangel; Victor Marchezini; Daniel Adres Rodriguez; Melissa da Silva Oliveira
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Multiple knowledge systems and participatory actions in slow-onset effects of climate change: insights and perspectives in Latin America and the Caribbean

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Allan Y Iwama; Francisco Araos; Jeremy Anbleyth-Evans; Victor Marchezini; Arturo Ruiz-Luna; Francisco Ther-Ríos; Gonzalo Bacigalupe; Patricia E Perkins
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"What is a Sociologist Doing Here?" An Unconventional People-Centered Approach to Improve Warning Implementation in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Marchezini, Victor
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Looking to future perceptions about climate change in Brazil: What children's teachers think, learn and teach about?

Natural Hazards
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Marchezini, Victor; Londe, Luciana R.
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Sistemas Comunitários de Alerta de Risco de Desastres Associados a Inundações e Deslizamentos: Aspectos Teóricos e Metodológicos

REDER
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Marchezini; Caroline Mourão; Graziela Scofield; Daniel Metodiev; Selma Silva Leite Flores
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Success, innovation and challenge: School safety and disaster education in South America and the Caribbean

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Munoz, Viviana Aguilar; Carby, Barbara; Abella, Enrique Castellanos; Cardona, Omar Dario; Lopez-Marrero, Tania; Marchezini, Victor; Meyreles, Lourdes; Olivato, Debora; Trajber, Rachel; Wisner, Ben
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Emergency funding public policy for disaster response in Brazil from 2013 to 2017

Sustentabilidade em Debate
2020-08-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Marchezini; Adriano Mota Ferreira; Glauston Roberto Teixeira de Lima; Demerval Aparecido Gonçalves
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Mudanças na exposição da população à fumaça gerada por incêndios florestais na Amazônia: o que dizem os dados sobre desastres e qualidade do ar?

Saúde em Debate
2020-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Liana Anderson; Victor Marchezini
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Pesquisa transdisciplinar como suporte ao planejamento de ações de gestão de risco de desastres

Saúde em Debate
2020-07 | Journal article
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Transdisciplinary research as a support for the planning of disaster risk management actions

Saúde em Debate
2020-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Marchezini
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Characterizing spatio-temporal patterns of social vulnerability to droughts, degradation and desertification in the Brazilian northeast

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
2020-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Rita Marcia da Silva Pinto Vieira; Marcelo Francisco Sestini; Javier Tomasella; Victor Marchezini; Guilherme Reis Pereira; Alexandre Augusto Barbosa; Fabrícia Cristina Santos; Daniel Andrés Rodriguez; Flávio Rodrigues do Nascimento; Marcos Oliveira Santana et al.
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Communication and Dissemination of Forecasts and Engaging User Communities

Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Prediction: the Gap Between Weather and Climate Forecasting
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Robbins, Joanne; Cunningham, Christopher; Dankers, Rutger; DeGennaro, Matthew; Dolif, Giovanni; Duell, Robyn; Marchezini, Victor; Mills, Brian; Sarmiento, Juan Pablo; Silver, Amber et al.
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Promoting climate change transformation with young people in Brazil: participatory action research through a looping approach

Action Research
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Trajber, Rachel; Walker, Catherine; Marchezini, Victor; Kraftl, Peter; Olivato, Debora; Hadfield-Hill, Sophie; Zara, Cristiana; Monteiro, Shirley Fernandes
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Procesos de recuperación posdesastre en contextos biopolíticos neoliberales: los casos de Chile 2010 y Brasil 2011

Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales
2019-12-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Juan Saavedra; Victor Marchezini
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Designing a Cultural Heritage Articulated Warning System (CHAWS) strategy to improve disaster risk preparedness in Brazil

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
2019-05-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Marchezini; Allan Yu Iwama; Danilo Celso Pereira; Rodrigo Silva da Conceição; Rachel Trajber; Débora Olivato
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Dimensões sociais da resiliência a desastres

Redes
2019-05-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Marchezini; Henrique Almeida Forini
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The challenges of Consolidation of a Drought-Related Disaster Risk Warning System to Brazil

Sustentabilidade em Debate
2019-04-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Ana Paula Martins do Amaral Cunha; Victor Marchezini; Diego Pereira Lindoso; Silvia Midori Saito; Regina Célia dos Santos Alvalá
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Modelo conceitual de sistema de alerta e de gestão de riscos e desastres associados a incêndios florestais e desafios para políticas públicas no Brasil

Territorium
2019-04-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Liana Oighenstein Anderson; Victor Marchezini; Thiago Fonseca Morello; Christopher Alexander Cunningham
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The power of localism during the long-term disaster recovery process

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
2019-01-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Marchezini
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A Review of Studies on Participatory Early Warning Systems (P-EWS): Pathways to Support Citizen Science Initiatives

Frontiers in Earth Science
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Marchezini, Victor; Aoki Horita, Flavio Eduardo; Matsuo, Patricia Mie; Trajber, Rachel; Trejo-Rangel, Miguel Angel; Olivato, Debora
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Challenges for a disaster prevention schedule at historic sites: the case of Sao Luiz do Paraitinga, SP

Patrimonio E Memoria
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Marchezini, Victor; Trajber, Rachel; da Conceicao, Rodrigo Silva; Goncalves Mendes, Tatiana Sussel; Negri, Rogerio Galante
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Peer review (23 reviews for 6 publications/grants)

Review activity for Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. (1)
Review activity for Disaster prevention and management. (9)
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Review activity for International journal of disaster risk reduction. (3)
Review activity for Natural hazards. (1)
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